CANADA 

KM 60.2

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
5 cents 21.3 4.54 2.0 Plain Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse

The inscriptions along the rim: title of Queen. In the center - effigy of queen Elizabeth II right (portrait by Arnold Machin in which she wears the 'Girls of Great Britain and Ireland' Tiara).

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926) became Queen of the United Kingdom on 6 February 1952.

Inscription along the rim: face value between two maple leaves on the upper arch. In the center: image of beaver sitting on log. Below - title of state, the year of minting.

The American Beaver (Castor canadensis) is a large semi-aquatic rodent native to Canada.